Author

Fiction

Rules of the Lake

"Ziegler's dry wit and facility with metaphor offer a visceral evocation of a not-so-sunny childhood."
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Ashes to Water

"Irene Ziegler is an extremely talented writer who has gone straight to my must-read list."
Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winning author

"Ziegler's fiction throbs with the look, feel and smell of a fully imagined place, the pre-Disney Florida of her youth."
Ellen Douglas

Writing Awards

Theresa Pollak Award for Excellence in the Arts, Category of Words.
Henry Hoynes Fellow in Fiction, University of Virginia
Mary Roberts Rinehart Award in Drama for Rules of the Lake
Recipient, Fellowship in Fiction from the Virginia Commission for the Arts
Community Writers’ Association Short Story Award, 1st Place Winner
Redbook Magazine Fiction Award
Nit and Wit Magazine Fiction Award

Irene Leache Memorial Foundation Award for Fiction
Hemingway Days Festival Short Story Award, Key West, FL
Connecticut Writer Fifth Annual Writing Award
Whiskey Island Fiction Award
Hemingway Days Festival Short Story Award
William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition, New Orleans, Finalist
Women in the Arts Award, Richmond, VA